Process to Date

The review phase of the Project that the Planning Commission is now undertaking involves the large policy decisions, as well as, the specific language that will be featured in the new Code.

Click on the image to the left to see how this step fits into the Project process to date.

January Planning Commission Update

This past week the Planning Commission was reintroduced to the Subdivision Code Update Project, after not having this brought before them for many months.  This meeting essentially launched the next phase of the Project, the development of the Code amendment language to fulfill the project goals.

At the meeting, Development Services Director, Steve Powers gave the presentation to the Commission. The Commission members had a number of questions about the project, which were discussed. 

One of the goals of the meeting was to receive direction from the Commission on their  preference for reviewing the Code amendments (whether the code changes should be reviewed by subject matter or based on the Code structure, essentially from beginning to end).  The Commission decided that the most effective approach would be to review the Code amendments by subject (for example: open space, streets, buffers, etcetera).

Other topics discussed included:

• review of the Project goal to improve the readability, and understandability, of the Code;
  
• the timeliness of the Code update;
  
• interest in requiring trails within new subdivisions and their importance to the community's liveability; and,
  
• ensuring that issues of safety are considered with reduced street widths as will likely be proposed by the Code amendments.
  

To facilitate the fast paced schedule of this phase of the update, the proposed code updates will be posted on the blog for review in advance of the Planning Commission meeting.

Video Report - Standing Committee July 14

On July 14th I made a project status report to the Governmental Services Standing Committee of City Council. This presentation outlined the current status of the Subdivision Code Update Project and the upcoming phases and direction.

Development Services Director, Steve Powers, also provided introductory comments and commentary describing how the Project incorporates work being completed by the City in cooperation with the Puget Sound Partnership as well as a grant from CTED.

The video report below provides an account of the meeting and includes all the slides from the presentation. The video is just under 18 minutes in length.


Subdivision Project Update from Robert Voigt on Vimeo.